Live Blogs Persona 4: Self Challenge Expert Run!

Pulse2012-08-22 10:58:55

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, one and all!

This is a liveblog detailing a simple self-imposed challenge in Persona 4. Having completed the game on Normal difficulty, I felt the need to tackle Expert!

However, there's always baggage when it comes to challenging oneself on a New Game+, as I am doing, mostly to access the extra bosses on this route. As a result I've opted to make use of a simple solution to this problem:

I will not abuse the Persona Compendium. I may only summon Personas that I have already obtained through Shuffle Time! or Fusion.

I will, admittedly, be taking advantage of my maxed Social Stats (Expression, Understanding, Knowledge, Courage, and Diligence) and a fairly large yen purse from my last playthrough, but I feel that it will not degrade the challenge TOO much.

So without further ado, we shall now dive into one year in the life of Yu Narukami, and the strange journey he will have, finding that an innocent sin could lead to the world's eternal punishment...

Comments

Pulse Since: Dec, 1969

Sep 21st 2012 at 10:09:25 PM

Yeah, short entry this time. Hope it got a laugh outta you folks, at least.

hnd03 Since: Dec, 1969

Sep 22nd 2012 at 9:24:32 AM

Aww, you pulled Reverse Death? Dang.

Otherarrow Since: Dec, 1969

Sep 22nd 2012 at 9:37:10 AM

I never go for the Arcana chance. It seems just more trouble than it's worth.

For example, I think upright Death is still only marginally better than Reverse Death. You get a SP refill...but everyone's HP is dropped to one and you have to restart the dungeon anyway.

Pulse Since: Dec, 1969

Sep 22nd 2012 at 11:07:35 AM

It depends a lot. "Take heed of your situation and act accordingly!" and all that jazz. Death, either one, can be helpful if you're low on both HP and SP, either way, but, of course, that happens only occasionally.

And Magician is required to make an Izanagi worthy of obscene level grinding, y'know. :p

hnd03 Since: Dec, 1969

Sep 22nd 2012 at 11:34:01 AM

An Izanagi capable of Marakukaja and Blade of Fury is pretty awesome

And Temperance is worth going for no matter what

Otherarrow Since: Dec, 1969

Sep 22nd 2012 at 4:49:03 PM

Personally, I think that while there are some really good effects, they are outnumbered by the mediocre ones, and even if you get a good one, you could get screwed and get a Reverse.

It just doesn't seem worth it for me.

EndarkCuli Since: Dec, 1969

Sep 23rd 2012 at 7:51:15 PM

Oh, hey, this entry has a title now. I had a feeling something was off the first time I read through this...

As for Arcana Chance, if I don't plan to clear the dungeon that day (or I already have, and just need to grind for money and rare Quest/Deidara items), I usually take up the offer. Occasional bonus stats, extra money...and since there are many cheap ways to quickly recover health, I didn't mind playing with Death if I was already running low on SP. And if you really got messed up by a Reverse...well, that's what the Reset button is for.

hnd03 Since: Dec, 1969

Sep 24th 2012 at 8:44:29 PM

I may have not noticed it, but did you pick up the Skill Spanner for Yosuke from the shadow liquor store?